Lexington, SC (29072) is located in the heart of Lexington County and is a diverse community with a population of over 20,000 people. The city is served by the Lexington City Council, which consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. The mayor is also elected to a four-year term. As part of the county's political landscape, Lexington County has two state representatives and one state senator, all of whom are elected to two-year terms. Each representative works for their local constituency and works with other members of the General Assembly on bills that affect South Carolina as a whole. In addition to local government, citizens in Lexington have access to federal representatives through the U.S House of Representatives and U.S Senate who serve six-year terms in Washington D.C. Political involvement in Lexington plays an important role in shaping the city's future for years to come and provides residents with numerous opportunities to have their voices heard on various issues.
The political climate in Zip 29072 (Lexington, SC) is strongly conservative.
Lexington County, SC is strongly conservative. In Lexington County, SC 34.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lexington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.2% to 34.1%.
Lexington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29072 (Lexington, SC) is strongly conservative.
Lexington, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Lexington County, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Columbia Metro Area is leaning liberal.
South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lexington, South Carolina: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 29072 (Lexington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,222 contributions totaling $146,591 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 717 contributions totaling $219,640 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)